This page has been specially tailored to parents and carers so you can understand and feel involved with all aspects of your child’s careers education.

Year 9Year 11
In Year 9 students have to make their decisions on which GCSEs or BTECs to take in Years 10 & 11.

Their first opportunity to think about what subjects they enjoy, what their learning preferences are leading to their first career step.

Your child will have:
· An options assembly to explain the pathways and introduce the subject options
· Subject assemblies; each department gets to introduce their subjects and their GCSE content
· An opportunity to speak to each subject teacher about their subject
· Support in Lifeskills

The Pathways:
· Baccalaureate Pathway: The English Baccalaureate was introduced by the government and is achieved by studying a combination of core subjects and additional option subjects which are considered to be key academic courses. For this pathway the student must include a language and a humanities subject in their four subject selection.
· General Pathway: Must pick one subject from Languages, Geography, History, Computer Science, and Separate Sciences. Plus three other subjects.

In the spring term there is an Options Evening to help inform student decisions.		In Year 11 students have the opportunity to move onto something that will start directing them towards their higher education aspirations/career.

Whilst starting to revise and study for their GCSEs, all students must apply for a college placement – even those that are keen to gain an apprenticeship, just in case they are not successful in securing one by the following September. Children have to participate in at least some education up to the age of 18.

Your child must decide between:
· College; A-Level, T-Level, BTEC, Vocational Course
· Training; Apprenticeship, Traineeship, Supported internship
· Full-time employment with part-time study; e.g. joining the Army

Your child will pick their options through www.PS16.co.uk

In the Autumn term there is a Careers Evening to help inform student decisions.

For more information on Post-16 options visit: https://brookvalegroby.com/careers-evening/

From more information on Apprenticeships visit: https://brookvalegroby.com/apprenticeships/

Types of Qualifications
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“The Parent Perspective” is an exciting new 8-part podcast series for parents and carers, helping them to support their children with careers advice and guidance.

 

About the podcast:
Parents and carers are one of the biggest influencers on a young person making their career decisions.

Together with Not Going to Uni, we want to make sure that we are supporting parents to feel informed and confident in providing careers support and guidance to their child, so that they ultimately make the best decisions for them.

This podcast will provide a space for listeners to:

Explore which careers are available today
Showcase the experiences of interesting and diverse role models
Provide real-time insights into how the world of work is changing
…all through a parents’ perspective.

Each episode will feature a panel of diverse parents, bringing their questions and insights to expert speakers to try to tackle and offer practical solutions to some of the challenges parents currently face in supporting their children to make informed decisions.

Click here to view ‘The Parents Guide to What’s Next 2023 – 2024’ or scroll through the pdf displayed below:

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